On 13 March 2026, the Public Policy Research Center / Re:people held the online workshop “Navigating the EU Directive on Platform Work at the National Level”, focusing on the transposition of the EU Platform Work Directive into national legislation.
The workshop examined developments in Austria and Hungary, two countries where the transposition process is still ongoing and where national debates reflect different legal traditions, institutional constraints, and approaches to regulating platform work. Particular attention was given to the legal presumption of employment, algorithmic management, and the scope the Directive leaves for national interpretation and implementation.
The speakers at the workshop were Prof. Attila Kun, Professor at Károli Gáspár University of the Reformed Church in Hungary and Ludovika University of Public Service, Budapest, and Member of the ILO Committee of Experts on the Application of Conventions and Recommendations (CEACR), and Walter Gagawczuk, Employment Law Expert at the Austrian Chamber of Labour.
The event brought together researchers, legal experts, labour organisations, and civil society actors interested in strengthening labour protection in the digital economy. The discussion helped clarify which lessons from current EU transposition processes may be relevant for Serbia’s future regulatory alignment.
This was the sixth workshop in the series, with each workshop so far covering the experience of two countries. Earlier sessions explored developments in Germany and Poland, the Czech Republic and Croatia, Spain and Portugal, and France and the Slovak Republic, while this workshop focused on Austria and Hungary. The series will continue in the coming period with further workshops dedicated to different national experiences and regulatory challenges related to platform work.
The event was organised with the support of the Olof Palme International Center.
